RIPTIDE: March 2017

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March 30, 2017

Aggrieved Linda Mar residents question the city's rush to plop a big sewer tank under the Community Center rear parking lot. See Erin Macias' comment in the thread below this post, and sign her petition at the link above.

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March 29, 2017

Bay Area Ospreys Nest on Crane (VIDEO)

Live Camera

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Whalewatching Season Opens

Better Business Burro reports that NextDoor tweeters and tweakers in Pacifica are seeing the beginning of whale migrations offshore. Let the whalewatching begin!

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March 28, 2017

Hill's Bills: Buckle Up on the Bus

Press Release

State Senator Jerry Hill's bill (requiring bus passengers and drivers to buckle up if the bus has seat belts) has passed the Senate Transportation Committee. Read the press release above for details.

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Pacifica Chamber of Commerce Head Quits

Pacifica Chamber of Commerce head Vickie Flores resigned March 15. See front page, Pacifica Tribune, March 29 (newsstands and online) for details.

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March 27, 2017

Pow!

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WOOF WOOF

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March 26, 2017

Mussel Rock Beach

News Story

Santiago Mejia, SF Chronicle

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White Winter 2016-2017

Truckee

Donner Summit

Donner Lake

Incline Village, Nevada

Lake Tahoe

Mount Shasta

Lake Tahoe

Mammoth

Donner Lake

Donner Dog

Donner Lake

Mono Lake

Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, Donner Summit
Truckee

Mount Rose

Homewood

Cucamonga Peak, San Gabriel Mountains

Mount Baldy, San Gabriel Mountains

Lassen Park: winter 2017 (top), summer (bottom)

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March 25, 2017

Interim Pacifica City Manager Keith M. Breskin

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March 24, 2017

The New-Car Smell Is Gone

Republicans can't accept their loss on Trumpcare, and true to form, the president blames it on Democrats. Don't be surprised if you see a tabloid headline about House Speaker Paul Ryan like this: PAUL IS DEAD!

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Epic Precipitation in California 2016-2017

Rainfall Totals

Funnel cloud, Santa Maria, California, March 21

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March 23, 2017

Follow the Money: Out-of-Town Realtors Bankrolled 2 Pacifica City Council Races

Pacifica Tribune

PPA Press Release

Based on public-records research by Pacifica Progressive Alliance (PPA), Pacifica Tribune staff writer Jane Northrop names names and numbers in this expose on out-of-town real estate interests funding two Pacifica City Council races.

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Think Tank: Reroute Great Highway

News Story

Traffic consultants say San Francisco should reroute the Great Highway eastward (inland) from Ocean Beach's blowing sand, which continually causes lane closures and expensive clearing operations.

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San Mateo County Sheriff: No Immigration Law Investigation or Enforcement

Press Release

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March 22, 2017

FBI Info on Trump Aides' Russia Ties

News Story

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March 21, 2017

How Trump Administration Views Surveillance

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March 20, 2017

3 Pacifica Groups Resist Trumpocracy

Progress & Democracy

Michele Coxon says President Trump is taking the country in the wrong direction (see her op-ed at the link above), but Pacificans are pushing back. Coastside United for Action (the local arm of Indivisible) meets Monday, April 17, and Monday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m., Pacifica Coastside Museum (Little Brown Church), 1850 Francisco Boulevard, Sharp Park, Pacifica. Email address: CoastsideUnited4Action@gmail.com. Two other resistance groups are forming in Pacifica, and our sources say that all three groups are planning together.

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